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X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
: An x-ray technique used by Rosalind Franklin. This x-ray image helped to determine the helical structure of DNA.
XX
: The 23rd pair of chromosomes for a female.
XY
: The 23rd pair of chromosomes for a male. "Y guy!"